The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-02-04

lay, through the civ-service rules, appointed
20 special commits sionership in the Pension
Office, at $1,000 a year Noah w. Hoiiey. OF
Upton, was also appointed to like place TO day.
A. b. Arlington, Of Greensburg, has been APP
pointed special swamp land agent OF the General
Land Office. at 81, 400 year.
Thomas McSheehy. formerly OF indianapolis
now an attorney, of Fremont, o., is here on pro-
fessional business Mr. McSheehy was q special
examiner in the Pension Office when Colonel
Dudley was commissioner, but was removed
when Black came in. on the ground OF offensive
partisanship.
f. L. Cravens, of Madison, is at the Ebbitt.
Chas. NJ. Wilson, Of Indianapolis is also here.
Gen. Lew Wallace is being literally adver-
tised to lecture at the Congregational Church,
in this city. next Tuesday evening Col. A.
g. Thompson, Representative of the Portsmouth
district, is being talked of for Republican candi
date for Governor Of Ohio, since the declinaton
of Governor Foraker to run again. Colonel
Thompson was reelected to Con gress at the last
election by an increased majority. and is one OF
the moat popular men in the State. the i'm
preston prevails, however, that Foraker is not
in earnest in declining to run again.
John Clark Ridpath, of Greencastle, arrived
this evening.
Gen. George B. Williams, of Lafayette has
concluded TO build residence here this spring.
Mrs Williams is here. and will remain.
Second Comptroller Maynard has disallowed the
claim of j. III. Russell for s106. 600. the alleged
value of the steamboa ''H FL. Russell" de-
stroyed by fire on March q, 1864 The Comp
troer says that the most that can be said in
support of the claim of s'impressment" in this
case is that to the extent of conveying a single
company of cavalry between Baton Rouge and
White Hall. the wishes of the owner were dis
regarded and his will subjected to coercion by
the military authorities. but in all other re-
Epects mis- command and control the vessel
were not suspended, and the general business in
which he was engaged was not interfered with.
In his judgment this is not such an impress
ment as the law contemplates.
he Prp a has Q1 ha nf
Gen. p. NJ. b. Young, of Georgia, consul gen.
eral at St Petersburg, but has not yet selected
his successor.
mentioned during today's Cabinet session, but
nothing said by the President to indicate
his intention in regard to it.
The Secretary of War to-day sent to Congress
reports from the engineer corps submitting q
plan for revetting the bank of the Willamette
river, for about 200 feet the city of Cor
Wallis, Ore, in order to prevent a threatened
change in the channel by which Corvallis will
be left at considerable distance from the river,
and navigation greatly impaired. 1t is esti-
mated that the work will cost $l4, 900.
Major Mckenzie, of the CORPS of Engineers
In a report submitted to the Senate to-day by
the Secretary of War; recommends that much
may be necessary of the $25 900 appropriated
in the river and harbor act Of 1884 and 1856, for
the construction of pier at the outer wall of
the DesMoines rapids canal, be authorized to be
expended 10 the establishment of floating
boom connecting the wall with the upper draw
rest OF the bridge at Keokuk and that if any
moray Iemalns on hand when this work is CON-
pleted that it may be used in continuing the i'm
provement of the DesMoines rapids under the
present project The Chief of Engi peers, in an
accompanying report, concurs in these views,
and recommends the enactment of the legisla
ton necessary for the change in plan Of i'm
provement